AUGUSTE NICOLAS CAIN | LIONNE APPORTANT UN SANGLIER À SES PETITS (LIONESS FEEDING HER CUBS)
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July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AUGUSTE NICOLAS CAIN
French
1822 - 1894
LIONNE APPORTANT UN SANGLIER À SES PETITS (LIONESS FEEDING HER CUBS)
signed: A.CAIN, and inscribed: Susse Fres Edts Paris
bronze, light brown patina
35 by 47.5cm., 13¾ by 18¾in.
This Lot will be stored at New Bond street and not as stated in the printed catalogue.
Cain was dedicated to the animalier school and participated on a regular basis at the Paris Salon from 1846 until his death. He made grand works for public spaces in Paris, including the Tigresse portant un poan à ses petits in the Tuileries gardens, which is almost identical in composition.
RELATED LITERATURE
P. Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th century: Dictionary of sculptors, Pennsylvania, 1994, pp.164-167